Broom-head



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. P. COOK & H. U. ABBOTT. BROOM HEAD.

v N0. 568,836. Patented 061;. 6, 1896.

' UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID COOK AND HAMER U. ABBOTT, OF CONVERSE, INDIANA.

BROOM-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,836, dated October6, 1896. Application filed January 28, 1896. Serial No. 577,146. (Nomodel.)

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID F. COOK and HAMER U. ABBOTT, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Converse, in the county of Miami and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Broom-Head, of which the fol,-lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to broom-heads; and the object in view is toprovide a suitable frame made inseparable and adjustable sections, thesaid sections being adapted to receive and confine between them thebroomstraw and clamp the same in compact shape and to be readilyseparated for allowing the stubs of the old straws to be removed and anew supply introduced therein.

The invention consists in an improved broom-head embodying certain novelfeatures and details of construction, as hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the drawings, and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thebroom-head constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is aninside elevation of one of the frame-sections. Fig. 3 is a similar viewof the other section. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the completedbroom-head.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the improvedbroom-head, which comprises two sections-a main section 2 and anindependent and separable section 3. Each of these sections is of openrectangular form, with the end bars thereof converging upwardly. Themain section 2 is provided with an arch 4, formed, preferably, in onepiece therewith, the saidarch being provided at its center with abroom-handle socket composed of upper and lower rings or collars 5,joined by upright connecting portions 6. One of said rings 5, preferablythe upper one, has an open ing through which is inserted a binding-screw7, whereby the handle (indicated at 8) may be held within its socket.The main frame 2 may be held firmly between the opposing frames.

The main section 2 is provided adjacent to its opposite upper cornerswith lateral horizontal guide-arms 11, which extend toward the othersection and between which the other section is received. The opposingsection is provided in its side bars and near its upper corners withnotches 12, which embrace the arms 11 and preserve the proper relationbetween the two sections as the clamping-bolts 10 are tightened. Theframe 3 is further provided with angular extensions or hooks 13, whichare connected rigidly to the upper bar of the section 3 and extendedtransversely and also longitudinally, so that their extremities may bepassed through the arch 4 and brought to bear upon the reverse side ofthe arch, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, this construction serving as theupper connection between the sections 2 and 3, while the bolts 10 formthe lower connection. The lower bars of the sections are provided upontheir inner adjacent faces each with a series of barbs 14,

arranged in staggered relation, and the barbs of one section arepreferably arranged to alternate with those of the opposing section andthus to engage the broom-straws at various points and prevent the samefrom slipping laterally.

In practice the broom-straws are laid with their heads upon the mainsection 2 of the frame and between the transverse arms or bars 11, whichthus serve to hold the same in place during the construction of thebroom. The supplemental section 3 is then applied by bringing itsnotches 12 into engagement with the arms 11, afterhavin g firstintroduced the hooks 13 through the arch and brought the same to bearagainst the reverse side thereof. The clamping-bolts 10 are thenintroduced through the openings 9 and tightened sufficiently to firmlyclamp the broomstraws against displacement.

It will be apparent that changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isthe strawbetween them, substantially as described.

In testiinon3 that we claim the foregoing as our own We have heretoafilxed our signatures I 5 in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID F. COOK. IIAMER U. ABBOT'lK Witnesses:

SAMUEL L. STRIOLER, JAooB F. DROOK.

